Pin-sticking machine



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T. FOWLER, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PIN-STICKING MACHINE'.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 19,556, dated March 9, 1858.

To all whom, t may con-cern.:

Be it known that I, THADDEUs FowLER, of the city of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Sticking Pins on Paper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction, character, and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Awhich make a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of the whole machine, taken from the front end, and right hand side. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the same, taken from the left hand side. Fig. 3, is an enlarged, perspective view of a section of the moving work to receive the pin from the conductor, carry it to, and insert it into the crimped paper.

My improvement consists in the manner of receiving the pin from the lower end of the conductor, which is by an instrument worked by cams, &c., and carrying it away, and inserting it into the crimped paper, and in the manner of lfeeding the paper, both laterally, and longitudinally so as to stick one pin at a time, and yet give the paper, and the pins, (when run through,) the same appearance as if struck with abroadsheet sticker, and, in giving all the motions of receiving, conveying, and inserting the pins, as well as crimping, clamping, and giving both feeding motions, to the paper, by the operation of one cam wheel.

I make the frame, A, A, &c., of cast iron, or any other suitable material, substantially, in the form shown in Figs. l and 2, to support the several parts. I make the cam wheel, B, igs. l and 2, of cast iron, or any other suitable materials of a size suited to the size of the machine, or general convenience, and suspend it on a suitable axis, or arbor, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.l On one side of this cam wheel, B, I fit a sectional, or a snail shaped cam, C, Figs. 1 and 2, which works against the bar, a, Fig. l, to give the lateral feed motion to the paper, and, also, a stud, or projection, as b, Figs. l and 2, to work against a similar stud, or projection, m, in the plate, or slide, D, Figs.

. l and 2, to give the longitudinal feed motion to the paper. This slide, or plate, D, is thrown back to its place by the spring, E, Fig. l, or by other means. And on the 0pposite side of this cam wheel, B, I insert the requisite number of pins, or projections, as c, c, &c., to act upon the cam, d, (shown in dotted line in Fig. 2,) on the spring lever, F, Figs. 1 and 2, to draw down the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, to force the pin into the crimped paper. This spring, F, is connected with the lower end of the slide, e, Figs. l, 2, and 3, the motion of which is guided by the dotted stud, f, working in the slot, g. On one side of the periphery of this cam wheel, B, I attach a cam like g, Figs. l and 2, to act on the end of the slide, 7a, to close the jaws, as at z', to crimp, and clamp, the paper, so that the crimping aws may be firmly clasped from above by the ctsp, j and j, while the paper is fed latera y.

To give the longitudinal feed motion, when the lateral feed motion has been completed, the slide, D, will carry the small cam or projection, n, under the bar, 0, and unclasp, j, and j, so as to leave the paper free in the crimping jaws,, and the hook, p,will act on the ratchet wheel which takes up the paper sufhcently for another row of pins, while the spring G, Figs. l and 2, will throw back the jaws to the commencement of another row.

For receiving a pin from the lower end of the conductor, I have an inclined plane,

g, attached to the piece, 7, so that when it is pressed down it will throw off the piece, s, so as to receive a pin, and when the eXtreme point of 1", comes in contact with the end of the conductor it will be thrown out so that the point, or pin, t, will seize a/pin and carry it away for sticking which it will do with the greatest accuracy. When the pins are put into the conductor, they should be suiiiciently inclined, and be shaken by some suitable means to cause them to descend freely to the lower end of the conductor. The surplus pins are turned oif into any suitable receptacle.

The cams, or projections, on the periphery of the cam wheel, B, are used to carry forward the part Fig. 8, in working on the cam, o, Fig. l. And the gear wheels are to steady the work. There are several small springs, which may be supplied by any convenient equivalent, or used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the lateral feeding motion of the paper With the longitudinal a time, into the crimped paper, When this is feeding motion of the paper, When the tWo eeeted, substantially as herein described.

tclltrtre effected, substantially as hereinl THADDEUS FOWLER.

2. I also claim the method of taking the Witnesses: pins from the conductor in combination R. FITZGERALD,

With the method of inserting them, one at R. A. GOODYEAR. 

